Wanna know the real names of Indian cities?
If yes, follow the list as given below which has been well-researched by an educationist and hotelier Ashok Kumar, who is a resident of Ghaziabad. He says India once was called as Aaryavarta.
The present Kanpur city was called as Kanhapur while the Indian capital Delhi was called as Indraprasth.
Hyderabad was called as Bhagyanagar while Allahabad was called as Prayag.
Aurangabad was called as Sambhaji Nagar and Bhopal was called as Bhojpal.
The city of Nawabs, Lucknow, was called as Lakshmanpuri while the Gujarat city Ahmedabad was known as Karnavati.
The present day Faijabad was called as Avadh, Aligarh was called as Harigarh, Miraj was known as Shiv Pradesh and Mujaffarnagar was known as Lakshmi Nagar.
Similarly, Shamli was called as Shyamli, Rohtak was called as Rohitaspur, Porbander was known as Sudamapuri, Patna was called as Patliputra, Nanded was called as Nandigram, Azamgarh was known as Aryagarh while Ajmer was called as Ajaymeru.
The ancient city Ujjain was called as Avantika, Jamshedpur was called as Kali Mati, Vishakhapatnam as Vijatrapashm, Guwahati as Gauhati, Sultanganj as Champanagri, Burhanpur as Brahmapur, Indore as Indoor, Narullaganj as Bhirunda, Sonepat as Swarnaprastha and Panipat as Parnaprastha.
Baghpat was called as Bagprasthaa, Osmanabad was called as Dharashiv(Maharashtra), Devaria as Devpur (U.P.), Sutanpur as Kushbhavanpur, Lakhimpur as Lakshmipur (U.P.) and Morena was called as Mayurvan.